Coast Guard Opens Intracoastal Waterway Near Corpus Christi

Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has re-opened a
two-mile section of the Intracoastal Waterway near Corpus
Christi, Texas.

A channel was opened within the last hour after a tug with
two barges ran aground at about 6:15 a.m. local time today, said
Lt. Steven Vanderlaske. The incident occured at Port O’Connor,
Texas, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Corpus Christi.

The tug Bolivar Point was towing the barges with about
50,000 barrels of alkylate when it struck a boathouse on the
northern shore of the waterway, according a statement on the
Coast Guard website. There were no reports of injuries or
pollution in the incident.